Rajinikanth to be honoured with special Icon award at IIFFI

The 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will honour superstar Rajinikanth with a special Icon of Golden Jubilee award, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar announced recently. The festival will be held in Goa from November 20 to 28 with close to 250 films from various countries to be screened at the premiere movie extravaganza. The minister also announced celebrated French actor Isabelle Huppert as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Rajinikanth to be awarded: 

In its golden jubilee year, the festival will screen 50 films by 50 female filmmakers to acknowledge the contribution of women in cinema, Javadekar said. Russia will be the partner country at the festival this year. Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Amitabh Bachchan''s selected seven or eight films will also be showcased at the movie gala. 

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On the professional front: 

Superstar Rajinikanth wrapped up the shooting of his upcoming movie Darbar last month. According to the reports, he after the final wrap up of the movie went on a 10-day spiritual trip to the Himalayas. Recently, Sun Pictures, the production house has announced that they will be producing the Siruthai Siva's upcoming movie Viyoogam. Siruthai Siva is known to start his movie titles with the alphabet V and this trend of his is well-known by everyone. Even his earlier projects with Ajith were titled Veeram, Vedalam, Vivegam, and Viswasam. It seems like the director Siva will continue this trend even with Rajinikanth's film.

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D Imman who has previously collaborated with Siruthai Siva for Viswasam, will continue his teaming with him in the movie Viyoogam. According to the reports comedian, Soori is also a part of the commercial entertainer. The shooting of the movie will begin early next year. It is rumoured that Keerthy Suresh might play the female lead in this venture. Earlier, names like Jyothika and Manju Warrier were doing rounds. Rajinikanth has been a superstar in the Tamil movie industry since the 70s. Superstar Rajinikanth is one of the highest-earning actors in Asia. He started his career in Tamil movies and eventually started working in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and American movies.

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